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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>National Committee To Free the Cuban
Five Bulletin<br><br>
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Fernando<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>Dear Friends of the Cuban
Five,<br><br>
Today in a courtroom of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of Florida packed with supporters of the Cuban Five including family
members of Ramón Labañino and Fernando González, Ramón and Fernando were
resentenced.<br><br>
Ramón received a 30-year sentence, reduced from life in prison. Fernando
received a sentence of 17 years and 9 months, reduced from his original
sentence of 19 years.<br><br>
Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban
Five, said "Sisters and brothers, today in the courtroom, the
dignity and courage of our brothers Fernando and Ramon was visible for
all to see, as was that of Antonio when he was resentenced on Oct. 13. We
commit ourselves more than ever to fight for the immediate freedom of the
Cuban Five, and for the right of Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez to
receive visas to visit their husbands Rene González and Gerardo
Hernández."<br><br>
<b>A new stage in the Cuban Five freedom fight has just begun. We urge
Cuban Five supporters around the world to initiate new actions and
continue the struggle with renewed vigor until the Five are free.<br>
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issued by Antonio Guerrero, Fernando González and Ramón Labañino<br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=2>Dear Sisters and Brothers from Cuba
and from all over the World:<br><br>
We have already served more than 11 years in prison and there is still no
justice at any level of the American legal system.<br><br>
Three of us have come to the Miami Court to be re-sentenced due to an
order from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which determined that
our sentences had been erroneously imposed.<br><br>
Our brother Gerardo Hernández, who is serving two life terms plus 15
years, has been arbitrarily excluded from this re-sentencing process. His
situation remains the principal injustice in our case. The US Government
is well aware of the falseness of the accusations against him and the
unfairness of his sentence.<br><br>
This has been a complex process, difficult and much discussed in every
detail, in which we participated along with our counsels. We did not give
an inch in our principles, decorum and honor, always defending our
innocence and the dignity of our Homeland.<br><br>
Just as it did at the moment of our arrest and at other occasions during
these long years, the US Government proposes now that we collaborate to
obtain more benevolent sentences. Once again, we have rejected such
proposals, something that we never will accept under any
circumstances.<br><br>
Present in the results of these re-sentencing hearings are the work of
the legal team and the indestructible solidarity of all of you.<br><br>
It is significant that the US Government, for the first time in 11 years,
was obliged to recognize that we did not cause any damage to its national
security.<br><br>
Also, for the first time, the prosecutor publicly recognized the
existence of a strong international movement in support of our immediate
freedom, a movement that affects the image of the US judicial system in
the eyes of the international community.<br><br>
Once again the absolute political character of this process is
confirmed.<br><br>
We the Five are punished for accusations that never have been proved.
Although three of our sentences were partially reduced, the injustice
remains for all of us.<br><br>
The Cuban-American terrorists continue to enjoy total impunity.<br><br>
We reiterate: The Five are innocent!<br><br>
We feel profoundly moved and grateful for the permanent solidarity that
you give us, so crucial in this long battle for justice.<br><br>
Together with you, we will continue until the final victory, which only
will be reached with the return of the Five to our Homeland.<br><br>
Antonio Guerrero<br>
Fernando González<br>
Ramón Labañino<br>
Miami, December 8, 2009<br>
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Allow the families' visits!<br>
Grant entry visas to<br>
Adriana Pérez and Olga Salanueva!<br>
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